A Satellite View of Hurricane Michael’s Power Outages

After Hurricane Michael made landfall near Mexico Beach, Florida, as a category 4 storm on October 10, it moved across Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and southeastern Virginia on October 11, and finally out into the Atlantic on October 12. According to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Infrastructure Security and Energy Restoration office, the storm […]

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Award-winning Pinay scientist gives farmers crucial tool: satellite data

Award-winning Pinay scientist gives farmers crucial tool: satellite data

Dr. Gay Jane Perez was a postdoctoral fellow at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) in the United States when she realized how much data can be culled from satellite images.

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NASA counts down to launch of first spacecraft to ‘touch Sun’

TAMPA: NASA counted down on Friday to the launch of a $1.5 billion spacecraft that aims to plunge into the Sun’s sizzling atmosphere and become humanity’s first mission to explore a star. The car-sized Parker Solar Probe is scheduled to blast off on a Delta IV Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida early Saturday. The […]

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‘Happy Birthday from space!’ Pinoy students chat with astronaut

‘Happy Birthday from space!’ Pinoy students chat with astronaut

After failing in their first attempt in February, several Filipino students managed to contact an astronaut onboard the International Space Station (ISS) 400 kilometers above the earth.

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